Kayode Popoola
Commercial Growth.
Web3 Partnerships.
Blockchain Intelligence.
Building revenue, ecosystem growth, and trust infrastructure across Web3, AI, DeFi, and emerging markets.
Currently Head of Sales & Business Development at Secret Network Foundation, where I lead global revenue growth, enterprise partnerships, and ecosystem adoption for privacy-first blockchain and confidential computing infrastructure.
$1.3M+ revenue impact
50+ strategic deals closed
5x+ Fina staking growth contribution
300K+ Fina social and community reach
Commercial outcomes with institutional relevance.
Commercial growth for privacy-first blockchain infrastructure
Generated $300K+ in revenue within my first 90 days as Head of Sales & Business Development. Closed and negotiated 50+ strategic partnerships and commercial deals. Established collaborations with 20+ EVM and Layer-2 ecosystems. Supported 15+ product and team launches on mainnet. Contributed to 3x ecosystem TVL growth.
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Secret Network Commercial Growth & Partnerships
Global sales strategy, enterprise partnerships, and partner-led go-to-market execution for privacy-first blockchain and confidential computing infrastructure.
Commercial depth, technical fluency, and intelligence-led execution.
Commercial Leadership
- Commercial Strategy
- Revenue Growth
- Enterprise Sales
- Deal Structuring
Partnerships & Ecosystem
- Strategic Partnerships
- Blockchain Partnerships
- Web3 Partnerships
- Ecosystem Development
Web3 & Technology
- Blockchain Ecosystems
- Confidential Computing
- DeFi
- AI Infrastructure
Risk & Intelligence
- AML/CFT
- KYC/CDD
- Customer Due Diligence
- Financial Crime Risk
AML/CFT Risk-Based Supervision of Financial InstitutionsIMF
Results-Based FinancingAfrican Development Bank Group
Bachelor of Business AdministrationBayero University, Kano
Current leadership across growth and blockchain intelligence.
Head of Sales & Business Development
Secret Network Foundation
- Lead global sales strategy, revenue growth, strategic partnerships, and enterprise engagement for Secret Network Foundation.
- Generated $300K+ in revenue within my first 90 days as Head of Sales & Business Development.
Blockchain Intelligence Analyst
CipherOwl Inc.
- Conduct blockchain intelligence, cryptocurrency investigations, attribution research, and financial crime analysis.
- Investigate illicit crypto activity across OTC networks, P2P platforms, mixers, crypto ATMs, forums, wallets, and financial crime typologies.
$1.3M+ revenue impact50+ strategic deals5x+ staking growth contribution300K+ community reach
Latest Writing & Features
A concise reading room for field notes, featured coverage, and future essays across Web3 growth, intelligence, and emerging markets.
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Inside the Hunt for the Bybit Billion: What Happens After Crypto Theft?
Published on Hacken: Kayode Popoola examines how investigators follow stolen value after the Bybit theft, why the first hours matter, and how to distinguish exposure from attribution.
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Your AI Agent Knows Too Much
AI agents become more powerful as they gain access to emails, documents, customer data and business systems. Here are five questions every organisation should answer before giving an AI agent that level of access.
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Clear insights on AI, privacy, financial crime, strategic partnerships and emerging-market growth.
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